Great story. I was confused though about what you meant by writing that you '...finally got it'. Although your story and Shakespeare's both have a male and a female as the main characters, that's where the similarity seems to end. In Shakespeare's tale, both lead characters loved each other to the point that they would not endure life any further if they couldn't be together -- hence their suicides. You're still alive. What happened? I presume that your former flame is also still alive? What happened there? In Shakespeare's tale, both sets of parents disapproved of the union. In your recital of your experience, you say her parents thought you were 'shit'. Okay. But did your parents verbally besmirch your 'hottie', openly declaring that she was 'shit' too, or that she was 'beneath' you, or not a worthy candidate to marry their son? In Shakespeare's tale, the two main characters desired to marry each other. Did you propose to your 'hottie'? Did you confront her father, like a man, and ask for her hand in marriage? Or were you only looking to 'date' her, and got chased away? Really, I don't see any similarity in your story compared to Shakespeare's tale. Both stories have, as the main characters, one male and one female. After that, they diverge greatly. So, again I say I'm not sure what you think you 'got' from Romeo and Juliet. Modern jilted lovers sometimes utter that terrible phrase, "If I can't have you, then no one can (will)". But Shakepeare's characters have a mindset that is a 'man-bites-dog' kind of twist on that phrase. It was Juliet who said that if Romeo couldn't have her then no one would. And Juliet killed herself. It was Romeo who said that if Juliet couldn't have him then no one would. And Romeo killed himself. That depth of love and sincerity of devotion bears no resemblance whatsoever to your story. You wanted to date a hottie; You got chased off; She apparently wasn't really hooked on you either; You sulked for awhile; Then you moved on to your next female. You claim that you are a mechanic. All good mechanics know that if the part won't budge or the bolt won't unscrew, you don't move on to the next piece of equipment -- instead you get a BFH. But apparently, since you got chased off, you don't follow that principle of 'fixing' a problem. I don't intend to be mean or cold-heartedly cruel. I just don't see anything in the Romeo and Juliet story that bears any similarity to your story -- other than that 'one boy' and 'one girl' are the main characters.